Seven Steps to Combatting "Critical Theory" in the Classroom. Issue Brief No. 6064

Autor/inn/en	Butcher, Jonathan; Burke, Lindsey M.
Institution	Heritage Foundation, Center for Education Policy
Titel	Seven Steps to Combatting "Critical Theory" in the Classroom. Issue Brief No. 6064
Quelle	(2021), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Critical Theory; Educational Policy; Race; Bias; Elementary Secondary Education; Civics; School Choice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritische Theorie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Rasse; Abstammung; Staatsbürgerkunde; Choice of school; Schulwahl
Abstract	In December 2020, the Illinois State Board of Education adopted new "Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards" that are focused on identity politics, teaching students to find bias around them, and instructing students on how to resist the "systems of oppression" in which they allegedly live. Critical Theorists displace America's tradition of freedom--that all people are created equal and have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--and concepts promoted during the Civil Rights era, such as treating people according to their character and not their skin color. Critical Theory and its offshoots displace these traditions and concepts with accusations of guilt, and a Marxist doctrine in schools, the media, and the common culture that divides people into oppressors and the oppressed. Parents of K-12 students and educators who are still committed to the pursuit of truth need policy solutions that protect a diversity of ideas in the classroom and restore a shared sense of equality under the law. This issue brief presents seven steps to combatting "Critical Theory" in the classroom: (1) Create Curriculum Transparency; (2) Promote Civics Knowledge, Not Diversity Training; (3) Offer Alternatives to Entering the Teaching Profession that Do Not Include the Ideology of Critical Pedagogy; (4) Prepare Educators to Teach Values that Preserve Civil Society; (5) Give Families Access to School Board Decision-Making Process about Curricula; (6) Expand Parent Choice in Education; and (7) Provide Open-Enrollment Options to Allow Students to Attend a Public School of Choice. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01